The ultimate backseat driver: New iPhone app lets children take the wheel on a virtual journey
- The app uses satellite positioning and creates a road layout with a similar number of twists and turns
By DANIEL BATES
Last updated at 11:58 PM on 20th July 2011
Next time the children shout ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ give them this.
A new iPhone app called Backseat Driver lets children take a virtual drive linked to the real journey via GPS.
Players chase the ‘Papa Car’ - the real driver - in their own vehicle along a route similar to that which they are really moving along.
The app uses satellite positioning and creates a road layout with a similar number of twists and turns.
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Keeping them occupied: An iPhone app called Backseat Driver lets children take a virtual drive linked to the real journey via GPS
Follow the leader: Players chase the 'Papa Car' - the real driver - in their own vehicle along a route similar to that which they are really moving along
Children steer to the left or the right by tilting their phone and earn extra points for driving well.
The game could prove a valuable tool for parents faced with children who are bored on long journeys with nothing to do.
But it could also be handy for relatives who insist on driving from the back seat even when it annoys the person behind the wheel.
In Backseat Driver, the Papa Car drops various objects which are linked to landmarks and shops taken from real life buildings which are driven past.
Players collect the objects and save them to view information about the locations later. Points collected can be used to modify the car with a different colour or better engine.
The app uses satellite positioning and creates a road layout with a similar number of twists and turns
Welcome distraction: The app could also be handy for relatives who insist on driving from the back seat even when it annoys the person behind the wheel
The game allows users to share their routes via social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and compete in an on-line league table of how far they have travelled.
A promotional video for the app shows a family driving around Tokyo with their daughter in the back seat - turning her iPhone at the same time her father turns the steering wheel.
The voice over says it is ‘the world’s first application that you can enjoy driving from the back seat of your car'.
Backseat Driver is free to download from the iTunes store from ToyToyota, an offshoot of the car manufacturer Toyota.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2016894/Backseat-Driver-New-iPhone-app-lets-children-wheel-virtual-journey.html#ixzz1SgodbsAQ
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